DOS/Windows

Posts about using DOS and Windows.

Syncing Files Using The Windows Command Line

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 11:26

To sync files using the Windows command line you will need to use the xcopy command. The default action of this program is to copy a file or directory from one place to another, but you can give it flags to tell it to sync the files. There are a few flags available (use xcopy /? to see them all) but you will probably only want to use the following:

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Set An IP Address From The Command Prompt In Windows

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:03

Rather than use the old connection properties dialog in Windows you can open up a command prompt and use the netsh to set up all sorts of network specific settings. The most useful part of this is that you can create a bat file that will allow you to quickly change your local IP address very quickly.

To see a list of the network connections available you can use the following command.

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Loop Through All Files In A Directory With DOS Batch

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 10:45

DOS Batch is the Windows equivalent of shell scripting and can be used to perform all sorts of different actions. Anything that you type into a DOS prompt on a Windows machine can be used in a bat file to quickly do something that you would otherwise have to repeat many times over.
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